MO HB1741

Missouri Department of Transportation must establish procedures for nonconsensual towing, recovery, and cleanup of commercial vehicles (over 10,000 pounds gross weight), including a complaint process for owners, operators, or insurers

Creates a seven-member Towing and Recovery Review Board appointed by MoDOT director, including representatives from the department, highway patrol, local law enforcement, motor carriers, towing companies, owner-operator truck drivers, and insurance companies

Law enforcement must honor requests for a specific towing company unless there is a traffic safety problem or the vehicle is disabled in the roadway and the requested company cannot arrive within 30 minutes

Prohibits per-pound charging for nonconsensual tows, stops storage charges from accruing once a complaint is filed, and prevents nonconsensual tows from creating liens on commercial vehicles or cargo

Towing companies performing nonconsensual tows while prohibited by MoDOT face a civil penalty of $25,000 per violation